The hybrid striped bass, or “wiper,” is an artificial cross between a striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and a white bass (Morone chrysops). Hybridization of these two species does not occur naturally. Therefore, hybrid striped bass must be cultured in a fish hatchery situation. Like its parents, the hybrid frequents the open water portions of a lake, feeding almost exclusively on gizzard shad or other pelagic fishes. Hybrids are more tolerant of warmer water and lower dissolved oxygen than striped bass. For these reasons, they can be stocked into a wider variety of waters than striped bass. Indiana's hybrid striped bass stocking program began in an effort to help utilized overabundant shad populations and to create additional fishing opportunities in many of the state's reservoirs.

DESCRIPTION

The hybrid striped bass appearance is a mixture of white bass and striped bass characteristics. Hybrid have a steamlined body with a bluish-black back, silver sides and a white belly. The horizontal lines are usually broken, often forming a “W” pattern above the lateral line. Like striped bass, hybrids have two parallel tooth patches on the center of their tongue. White bass have just one. Hybrids usually weigh 5 to 10 pounds but can be as large as 20 pounds.

DISTRIBUTION

Indiana’s hybrid striped bass stocking program began in 1983. Since then, hybrids have been stocked into nine impoundments throughout the state. Successful populations were established at six of those lakes totaling 19,548 acres. These include Lake Freeman, Lake Shafer, and Mississenewa Reservoir in northern Indiana, Eagle Creek Reservoir and Cagle’s Mill Reservoir in central Indiana, and Monroe Reservoir in Southern Indiana. In addition, hybrid striped bass populations have been established in the Tippecanoe River with fish emigrating from Freeman and Shafer lakes. Hybrid have also been reported in the White, Wabash and Ohio rivers and several of their tributaries.

REPRODUCTION

Hybrid striped bass, like many hybrids, experience great difficulty reproducing naturally. Eggs and sperm produced by hybrids are usually weak or improperly formed. The same is true of any fry that might be produced by chance fertilization. For this reason, hybrids are considered “functionally sterile,” and their populations are totally dependant on repeated stockings. Fish hatcheries in Texas have supplied a majority of Indiana's hybrid striped bass since the stocking program began in 1983. East Fork State Fish Hatchery, located near Washington, Indiana, began producing hybrids from striped bass and white bass collected from in-state fish in 1986. East Fork now provides most of the hybrids used in Indiana.

FISHING TECHNIQUES

Hybrids may be found in a variety of habitats. In some lakes they may prefer fairly flat, shallow, sandy areas. In other lakes, typically the larger reservoirs, they may prefer the more rocky habitats located directly above or below the dams. Best fishing for hybrid striped bass occurs just after sundown or in the early morning just before sunrise. They are caught primarily on artificial baits which resemble gizzard shad. Imitation shad that rattle have proven to be successful at many lakes. In addition, many anglers have been successful using live bait such as night crawlers or soft craws.

MANAGEMENT

Hybrid striped bass have been included with white bass under a combined daily catch limit of 12 fish, single or in aggregate. No more than two of these fish may exceed 17 inches in length. The reason for the combined bag limit is that white bass, when small, are very prolific fish which seldom exceed 17 inches in length and are found in a number of Indiana reservoirs. A small catch limit would unnecessarily restrict harvest of these fish and be unfair to white bass anglers. However, fish larger than 17 inches are probably hybrid striped bass, so harvest of this size fish is limited to two per day. Biologists feel that the combined regulation will allow harvest of white bass and small hybrid stripers, while promoting the trophy fishing concept for larger hybrids.

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Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America, including largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), spotted bass or Kentucky bass (Micropterus punctatus), Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii), and many other species and subspecies of the genus Micropterus. Though referred to as bass, all are actually members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae: order Perciformes).

Modern bass fishing has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry. The sport has changed drastically since its beginnings in the late 1800s. From humble beginnings, the black bass has become the second most specifically sought-after game fish in the United States. The sport has driven the development of all manner of fishing gear, including rods, reels, lines, lures, electronic depth and fish-finding instruments, drift boats, float tubes, and specialized bass boats.

Bass Fishing The Sport

M. salmoides (Largemouth Bass) caught by an angler in Indiana All black bass are well-known as strong fighters, and are fished recreationally. Depending upon species and various other factors such as water quality and availability of food, black bass may be found in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, streams, creeks, even roadside ditches. Largemouth are known for their overall size and resistance when hooked, favoring short, powerful runs and escape to cover such as submerged logs or weedbeds. Smallmouth bass tend to jump more and fight aggressively on the surface when hooked, in order to throw the hook. Large mouth bass tend to go after topwater and dark colored plastic worms. Indiana Largemouth bass anglers tend to catch and release. Bass are usually fileted when taken for the table, and the flesh is white and firm, with a delicate taste when cooked. However, more bass anglers are adopting "catch and release" angling where the bass are returned to the water after being hooked and retrieved.

Bass Fishing Background

Bass fishing in the United States largely evolved on its own, and was not influenced by angling developments in Europe or other parts of the world. Indeed modern British sea bass fisherman look to the United States freshwater bass techniques for inspiration for lure fishing and to the USA, Japan and China for tackle. During the early to mid-1800s, wealthy sport anglers in the United States (mostly located in the northeastern portion of the country) largely confined themselves to trout and salmon fishing using fly rods. While smallmouth bass were sought by some fly fishermen, most bass fishing was done by sustenance anglers using poles and live bait. The working-class heritage of bass fishing strongly influenced the sport and is manifested even today in its terminology, hobbyist literature, and media coverage.

Sometime during the mid-1800s, the first artificial lure used for bass was developed in the form of an artificial fly. At first, these artificial fly patterns were largely derivations of existing trout and salmon flies. As time went on, new fly patterns were specifically developed to fish for bass, as well as heavier spinner/fly lures that could be cast by the baitcasting and fixed-spool casting reels and rods available at the time. Floating wooden lures(plugs) or poppers of lightweight cork or balsa were introduced around 1900, sometimes combined with hooks dressed with artificial fur or feathers.

In the United States, the sport of bass fishing was greatly advanced by the stocking of largemouth and smallmouth bass outside their native ranges in the latter portion of the 19th century. As the nation's railroad system expanded, large numbers of 'tank' ponds were built by damming various small creeks that intersected the tracks in order to provide water for steam engines; later, new towns often sprang up alongside these water stops. Shippers found that black bass were a hardy species that could be transported in buckets or barrels via the railroad, sometimes using the spigot from the railroad water tank to aerate the fingerlings.

M. salmoides (Largemouth Bass) caught by an angler in Connecticut. Largemouth bass were often stocked in tank ponds and warmer lakes, while smallmouth bass were distributed to lakes and rivers throughout the northern and western United States, as far west as California. Smallmouth were transplanted east of the Appalachians just before the Civil War, and afterwards introduced into New England.

Largemouth bass populations boomed after the U.S. Department of Agriculture began to advise and assist farmers in constructing and stocking farm ponds with largemouth bass, even offering advice on managing various fish species. Soon, those who had stocked largemouth bass on their farm ponds began to pursue them on a burgeoning number of new reservoirs and impoundments built in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. These impoundments coincided with a postwar fishing boom, supplying additional funds from sales of fishing licenses for the first large-scale attempts at bass fisheries management. This was especially true in the southern United States, where the largemouth bass thrived in waters too warm or turbid for other types of game fish.

With increased industrialization and development, many of the nation's eastern trout rivers were dammed, polluted, or allowed to silt up, raising water temperatures and killing off the native brook trout. Smallmouth bass were often introduced to northern rivers now too warm for native trout, and slowly became a popular game fish with many anglers. Equally adaptable to large, cool-water impoundments and reservoirs, the smallmouth also spread far beyond its original native range. Later, smallmouth populations also began to decline after years of damage caused by overdevelopment and industrial and agricultural pollution, as well as a loss of river habitat caused by damming many formerly wild rivers in order to form lakes or reservoirs. In recent years, a renewed emphasis on preserving water quality and riparian habitat in the nation's rivers and lakes, together with stricter management practices, eventually benefited smallmouth populations and has caused a resurgence in their popularity with anglers. Indiana smallmouth

Rise of Modern Bass Fishing

Example of a very young specimen of M. salmoides (Largemouth Bass) caught by an angler in Minnesota.By the early 1900s, bass fishing had been well established as a sport with its own following. Though the use of artificial lures for bass had begun with the artificial fly and fly fishing tackle, the bait casting rod and reel soon came to dominate the sport. Although fixed-spool reels were introduced in use in the United States as early as the 1870s, spinning reels and rods did not gain wide acceptance as an angling tool until the 1950s. Since that time, most bass anglers have used bait casting or spinning tackle, using either artificial lures or live bait (See Fishing rod, Fishing reel).

During the 1950s and 1960s, the development of specific angling tools for bass significantly increased angler success and helped stimulate the development of the sport. Some of these innovations include the invention of monofilament nylon fishing lines, the fiberglass (later graphite composite) fishing rod, the electric trolling motor, the fish finder/depth locator, and new artificial lures and baits made of various plastics. Recently, advanced electronics that mimic the sounds of schooling bait fish have been introduced, and a controversy has arisen over the proper use of these devices in bass tournament fishing.

Since the early 1990s, fly fishing for bass, particularly smallmouth bass, has again become popular, using fly patterns, rods, and fly lines suited for bass.

Fishermen, conservation groups, and governmental wildlife departments have introduced black bass of various species across the world for the sport of fishing. Outside North America, Japan and South Africa have active programs.

Bass fishing as a sport was helped along by the chase for the standing world record which has held for over 75 years. Though surrounded by controversy it is widely accepted that in 1932 a 22 pound 4 ounce bass was caught by George Perry in Montgomery Lake, Georgia. It is one of the longest standing records in the sport of fishing. This world record bass has now been tied.

Bass Fishing Population Management

Center console aluminum bass boat The increasingly popularity of the sport combined with "catch and release" practices have in some cases led to an overpopulation of bass.

An overpopulated, stunted bass population can best be detected in the spring when all the bass are at least one year old. If virtually all the bass are 4 inches long or smaller, the population is probably stunted. Some indicators that a bass population is overpopulated:

Against letting nature sort it out (which it will) it is posited that the easiest way to control an overpopulation of largemouth bass is by increasing the take of bass. This is clearly an effective method of thinning the bass population providing recreation at the same time - which is more important to American Bass anglers. It may take two to three years to bring the population back into balance. If forage fish are scarce, stock adult bluegill or redear sunfish (7 to 8 inches long). These fish will be too large to be eaten by the bass. The large panfish will spawn in the spring and produce a supply of forage.

Bass Fishing Other Species

Black bass should not be confused with a multitude of unrelated fish species found around the world and called "bass", such as the butterfly Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris), speckled Peacock bass (Cichla temensis), Papuan Black Bass (Lutjanus goldiei) (also called Niugini bass), Australian bass, Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), American Striped Bass, and British sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Indiana smallmouth.

Bass Fishing Competition

There are several major bass fishing competitions in the United States with the two most dominant circuit being BassMasters and the FLW series.

The Bassmaster Tournament Trail is organized by the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.). It was started by Ray Scott, the "father" of competitive bass fishing. First held in 1969, today, professionals like Michael Iaconelli, Kevin VanDam, Aaron Martens, Rick Clunn, and Luke Clausen are household names to many American sports fans. There are 12 events in which the top 50 anglers compete. The top prize in the Bassmasters Classic is $500,000.

The Wal-Mart FLW Tour was named after Forrest L Wood of Ranger Boat fame. The top prize of the Forrest Wood Cup is $1 Million. Both tours are nationally televised on networks like ESPN and Fox Sports Net (ESPN actually owns and operates B.A.S.S.), and covered extensively by news media.

On the West Coast, WON BASS has been the main regional circuit in operation since the 1980's Annually, WON BASS conducts the U.S. Open of Bass Fishing at Lake Mead, Nevada which annually pays back nearly $500,000 per event. This is a test of both angling skill and endurance as the anglers compete for 3 days in the scorching hot sun and windy conditions of the Mohave desert. Names such as Ricky CLunn, Byron Velvick, Aaron Martens, and Gary Klein have all been crowned champions during the Open's 25 year history Indiana bass fishing Indiana bass tournaments

In modern bass fishing competitions, caught bass are placed in a live well, and released as soon as caught and weighed by officials. Competitors are penalized heavily for dead fish and in some cases dead fish are not weighed. Fish turned in for weighing are immediately released or placed in tanks and treated for stress and glyco-protein (slime coat) injury, then released back into the water.

Competitive bass fishing has also spread to anglers in other countries such as Japan, Australia and South Africa. Takahiro Omori, a Japanese angler living in Texas, won the 2004 Bassmaster Classic title. Australian tournaments are based on a native freshwater fish called Australian bass that is unrelated to largemouth bass.

On February 11, 2008, the Illinois High School Association announced that it would sanction a bass fishing tournament as a part of its state series for high schools in 2009.

Indiana fishing does provide Indiana bass anglers with current and up-dated Indiana fishing reports. For those of you that fish in Indiana bass tournaments we do try to keep up with tournament schedules and results. We do encourage everyone to post those Indiana tournament results and Indiana fishing reports.

There are also several Indiana boat shows through-out Indiana in the spring, a few in the summer and fall. One of the most popular is the Indianapolis boat sport and travel show located at the Indiana state fairgrounds

The Indianapolis boat sport and travel show has several fishing seminars, that provide Indiana fishing information about Indiana muskie, Indiana bass fishing, Indiana walleye, Indiana carp, Indiana catfishing, Indiana steelhead and trout, Indiana pike, Indiana bluegill, Indiana pike, Indiana perch and lots more.

Several guide services will be there. Indiana bass fishing guides, Indiana fly fishing guides, Indiana walleye guides, and maybe a few Indiana catfishing guides.

There will be fly fishing demonstrations. Indiana fly fishing. Many venders will be there along with Indiana travel guides, Indiana Fish & Game magazine, and many others. Lets not forget all the Indiana resorts, Indiana boat dealers, Indiana sporting goods retailers, and Indiana marinas that will be there.

Our Indiana DNR will have a booth there so that you can purchase your Indiana fishing license, Indiana hunting license, and other types of license they sell. They will have several publications for both anglers and hunters.

It looks like it's going to be a great show this year !! Don't forget, it is at the Indiana state fairgrounds.

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It all started on June 2, 1932 by a man named George W. Perry on Montgomery Lake, in Georgia. Using a shared rod (because they only had one) it was his turn to cast the $1.35 lure and with some 25lbs test silk line he made his cast from the row boat built from .75 cents of scrap lumber.

The Largemouth Bass weighed in at 22 lbs 4 oz and it took Perry and his family 2 days to eat the giant. The rest is history.

Know for its explosive strikes and amazing aerial displays, largemouth bass are by far the most pursued freshwater game fish

in the United States. States. They are located through out most of the continental United States, all over Mexico, and even in some parts of Canada.

Largemouth Bass Facts

Scientific Name - Micropterus salmoides

Current World Record – 22.4 lbs fishing, fishing photos

Preferred water temp – 77 to 86 degrees

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Where to find Largemouth Bass in Indiana

Originally found south of the great lakes and east of the Mississippi, they have spread throughout the United States, Hawaii, Southern Canada, and most of Mexico. They have also been introduced into Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. Largemouths occupy most freshwater rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, pits & quarries, and even some drainage ditches in neighborhoods. If you know of some freshwater nearby, there is a good chance that there is a Largemouth Bass in it.

One of the hardest things about fishing for Largemouth is finding them. Everything from water temperature, air temperature, weather season, the wind, angle of the sun’s rays, time of day, and even the moon phase play important roles in the location of Largemouth. Then when you think you have located some fish getting them to bite can be another challenge.

Your best bet is to start very early in the day or late in the afternoon. Largemouth Bass tend to avoid direct bright sunlight and most fish are caught when the light is low or when the sky is overcast. Look for man-made or natural structure. Look for a dock, a tree, a branch, a rock, a point of land on a mostly straight bank. Anything that stands out as something different will usually hold fish. If you are fishing a cow pasture look for the place where the cows come down to drink or get in the water. A lot of times that area will hold a few fish. Docks are also a great place to find bass. Just look for anything that will give small baitfish a place to hide or that will provide some shade for the bass to rest in and you will be off to a good start.

If you are fishing from a boat out in the open water look for submerged structure with your fishfinder. Watch for stumps, ledges, submerged rock piles, quick drop off’s, or even schools of baitfish. Watch the surface for bass chasing minnows or shad, watch for birds diving into the water, this could mean that there is some bait around and the bass might be underneath the bait chasing them up to the surface. If you fishfinder has a temperature gauge look for changes in the normal water temp (a thermo cline). This can also produce some fish at certain times. Bridge pilings are usually a good place to check for a few bass also. Indiana sporting goods Indiana bait shops

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Patterns – When you hear the term pattern used by bass fishermen they are not talking about the design of the lure that they are using. They are referring to the set of conditions that is putting fish in the boat. This is usually 2 things; the location of the bass and the technique used to get them to bite. The pattern will change from day to day and sometimes several times during a single day. If you have good luck on a stretch of bank that has lily pads and tree branches sticking up through them and the fish suddenly stop biting, chances are good that if you find some similar conditions else where you will find active fish again. This is a pattern.

When looking for feeding bass most anglers use some type of fast moving lure like a crankbait or a spinnerbait. Work the bait thoroughly but keep moving till you find some feeding fish. When you get a bass to hit slow down and keep as quiet as possible. Bass are pretty sensitive to noise and you don’t want to spook them before you have some fun catching a few.

If the bite stops after you get a few fish to the boat change lures according to the situation and give them something else to look at. If the bite is over, note the exact location and the structure conditions in that area. Then try to find another area with similar conditions and chances are good that the fish will be there also. It is not a foolproof way of finding bass, but it does work quite often. Also remember that the pattern will probably work the following day around the same time if the weather has not changed too much.

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If you have more that one rod – rig up a few different baits on extra rods. That way you don’t have to keep retying when the action is on.

Keep a logbook of your fishing. Note the season, times, weather, location, bait used, water temp and height. Then repeat your successful pattern next year and see if you get the same good results…I bet you will.

Be courteous to other fishermen. If you see someone in a boat working a bank, don’t pull your boat in front of them and start fishing . Pull in where they have already been and start your fishing there and follow them at a polite distance. You would want the same done to you.

Some popular lakes in Indiana to fish for bass are Monroe reservoir, Patoka lake, Dogwood lake, Mississinewa reservoir, Brookville reservoir, Winona lake, plus many others to numorouis to name. Don't forget those fishing hotspots that often get overlooked such as farm ponds, gravel pits, and strip pits.

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Please practice catch and release whenever possible and remember the large fish don’t taste any better than an average medium or small one. Take a picture and let the trophies live to catch and enjoy again later. Be safe and have fun!

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Indiana Bass Fishing: The Reasons Why Indiana Bass Fishing Trips Are So Successful

Obviously depending on where you go fishing is going to determine how successful you are in catching fish, you are in catching fish, and so you should know that Indiana bass fishing trips are by far some of the most successful, in comparison to all the other places in the world.

There are many different reasons as to why Indiana bass fishing trips are so successful, and if you are interested then you are definitely going to want to read on so that you can understand and as well so that you can understand why you should go Indiana bass fishing.

Reasons Why Indiana Bass Fishing Is So Successful

There are so many different reasons for why Indiana bass fishing is so successful, and for one, the water that goes through Indiana is full of bass. Some of the best bass fishermen in the world come here to fish, because they always end up catching a ton of bass.

As well, the weather is always mild, and so the fishermen do not have to worry about getting too hot or too cold when they are out on their trips and this is also one of the most primary reasons as to why the bass are so abundant in this area.

Therefore, if you are an avid fisherman and you are looking for a great spot to go fishing, then you are definitely going to want to check out Indiana and all that it has to offer. There are also so many different spots that you can go to in Indiana, and so you really have your options when it comes to this.

There are of course many other locations in the world where bass fishing is very successful, however Indiana definitely tops that list, and so any bass fishing enthusiast would absolutely want to at least check it out.

If you want, you can also do your own research on Indiana and the bass fishing that is available, so that you can see that much more just how successful it is and how popular that area is for bass fishing in general.

Using the Internet for this process is a great idea, as the speed and the efficiency of the Internet allow you to be able to quickly and easily find exactly what it is that you need. Remember to have patience when you are doing this research, and think of how much fun you will have in the end.

Fly Fishing Indiana Farm Ponds for Bass

Indiana farm ponds are perfect alternatives to those large congested bass lakes normally identified with bass fishing. These enclaves provide large, sometimes very large, eager fish that are the perfect quarry for the fly fisher.

A private or public bass pond is the perfect water for the fly fisher; being shallow enough to be covered at all depths and seasons by a well-equipped angler. The forage is easily imitated and it doesn't take a 10-weight rod for most types of flies. Best of all the fish are plentiful, and with the large amounts of food available, the residing bass can grow to monstrous sizes.

What are the bass eating?

This is a very important question to ask, especially for fly fishers, where imitating the correct food source can mean the difference between success and failure. To find out the primary prey the bass are foraging on, find out what is available. This can be found out by turning over rocks in the pond, looking for schools of minnows in the shallows, by seining the in- and out-flowing streams for insects, minnows, and crawdads, and even by looking in the bushes and trees. Look not only for flying insects, but also look and observe. Are there a lot of baby birds in the over-hanging trees? Are there a lot of rodent holes around the water? These overlooked food sources can all be potential foods for large, gluttonous bass.

Where are the bass?

Bass always prefer to stay near some form of cover and a good food source. This gives them the security and a perfect opportunity to use the cover for ambushing prey. The cover can vary a lot with the seasons. In spring, try fishing in and around drop-offs, where fish congregate while getting ready to spawn. In summer, bass ponds can warm to unbearable temperatures for bass and the fish will congregate in the deeper, cooler water and by incoming water flows and springs.

Bass will eat as much as they can cram into their mouths during the Fall, preparing for the cold of the winter months. They can be found cruising underwater searching for food almost anywhere. During winter, fish can be found in the deeper regions of the pond, trying to conserve energy. Although fish are somewhat sluggish during these periods, this is one of the best times of the year to catch trophy bass. Because the food is scarce and the fish are in deeper water, it makes them less wary of artificials.

Before fishing a pond, it's a good idea to hike around with a pair of polarized sunglasses and locate underwater cover and likely fish holding areas.

How do I catch them?

After the fish are located and it is determined what they are are eating, catching becomes a fairly easy matter. First choose a rod of 8 or 9 feet, a 6- to 8-weight line depending on the choice of flies, and a strong, stiff, monofilament leader of 3 to 9 feet. The longer leaders are for shallower water.

Choosing your fly is directly related to what the "pond restaurant" is serving that day, so choose a fly that gives a general imitation of the forage being consumed

As crucial as your choice of fly is your retrieve. The retrieve used should accurately simulate the prey being imitated, but most importantly you should experiment with many different retrieves, varying the speed and the pauses and lengths of strips.

So grab your fly rod and head out to a local bass pond; its easy and you'll have a lot of fun!

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